Girlfri3nds saw three nice girls take part in a very tawdry project

TV review: Girlfri3nds recruited three sweet girls to find their Mr Right in a concept that was too ITV2 to yield classy results.

Girlfri3nds… one of the more annoyingly named programmes so far this year (Picture: ITV)

The annoyingly named Girlfri3nds rolled onto our screens with credits that had a distinct air of Sweet Valley High about them and soon gave way to a bizarre concept that involved three women moving into a house together where they interviewed 100 men with a view to inviting six each on a date.

The action opened with brief introductions to the three girls as they discussed their relationship history, single status and ideal man in the kitchen.

The agreed dreamboat, by the way, was Kirk Norcross, he of TOWIE fame. So we weren’t holding out much hope for the types of men they would green-light.

In practice, the guys weren’t too bad and the judgement was mostly on-point, with the women showing the self-confessed ‘players’ the door and apparently falling hook, line and sinker for the most trustworthy types.

The girls are actually all very sweet and there was very little crudeness, no unsisterliness (yet) and none of the flippant misandry you tend to expect from female TV dating contestants.

Unfortunately, the girls’ attitudes wasn’t really reflected in the format of the programme, which felt pretty sleazy and not at all in line with the romantic vibe for which Laura, Amy and Sarah seemed to be searching.

The climax of the episode came when mum-of-one Laura had a serious conversation with a man wearing just a bow tie and an apron and then decided to ask him out on a date because he was obviously excellent boyfriend material.